Receptacle for coins or small articles of merchandise.



No. 708,73l. Patenfi Sept. 9, 1902.

.c. B. PIKE. RECEPTAGLE FOR COINS OR SMALL ARTICLESF MERCHANDISE.

(Application filed Mar. 25, 1902.)

(No Modal.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. PI'KE, OF WHITEHALL, NEYV YORK.

RECEPTACLE FOR COINS OR SMALL ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE.

SPECIFICAION forming part of Letters Ratent N 0. 708,731, dated September 9, 1902. Application filed March 25, 1902. Serial No. 99,901. (No modal.)

T 0oZZ who7n it may ooncern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. PIKE, a citizen of the United States,residi n g atWhitehall, in the county of WVashington and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Coins or Small Artiales of Merchandise for Mailing or Advertisfor securing the parts together, as will be hereinafter described.

T0 more particularly describe my invention, I will refer to the accompaying drawings, in which Figure,l illustrates my device attached to a sheet of paper. Fig. 2 is a rear viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device as it appears before being-attached to the paper, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 00 or; of Fig. 1.

While I have illnstrated my device as being circnlarin ontline and stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, it is to bennderstood that it may be made in various shapes te suit particular uses or fancy, and whiledesirable it is not essential'that it be stamped from a single piece of metal, and t Will involve no departure from myinventi0n if the device be made in whole or in part f rom material other than metal that may be foundspecially suited to the particnlar article or articles to be placed therein.

As illustrated in the drawings, the receptacle A is in the form of a circular concavo-convex disk, the interior being suflicientlydeep to accommodate the article tobe placed therein. Thecover B is a fiat disk of a size snffiaient to cover the edges of the receptacle and is preferably connected to the marginal edge of the receptacle 'by a narrow neck 0, the whole being stamped from sheet metal and the neck C bent to bring the cover B in proper relation to the receptacle, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Tige marginal edge of the receptacle is formed into a fiat flange D, and at the extreine edge of the flange are prongs E,

from being to1n by the article inclosed in thev receptacle, and by having the fiat flange around the edge of the receptacle the prohgs E may be bentand tightly sqneezed bya pair of pincers, as illustratedin dotted limes in Fig. 4, without liability of bending or injuring the wall of the receptacle.- The article to be inclosed is placed in the recepta0le, and the paper to which it is to be attached is then inserted between the receptacle and cover and the latter pressed down for cansingthe prongs E t0 penetrate through the paper,aiterwhich they are bent down npon the cover for secnring the parts together, as clearlyshown.

While my device will be servieeable for pri- Vat use in sending small articles through the mails, it Will be fonnd of special value for holding and attaching samples,to advertising-cards or for holding and attachingsmall articles of merchandise t0 cards upon which are printed directions for use, &c., and when employed in such use the exterior of the device may be ornamerited or advertising matter may be placed thereon, -as will be readily understood.

IIaving tl1ns described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secnre by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described consisting of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise, a cover therefor, and a prong or prongs designed to penetrate a sheet of paper or other material XCO 2. A device of the character described consisting of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise, a fiat cover therefor, and a prong or prongs designed to penetrate a sheet of paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be thereafter Dent for secnring the cover to the receptacle and the device as a whole to the sheet 01 paper, substantially as described.

A device of the character described consisting of a receptacle designed to rcceive coins or small articles of merchandise, a cover theref0r, and a prong or prongs projecting from said receptacle designed to penetrate a sheet of paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be thereafter bent for secnring the cover to the receptacle and the device as a whole to the sheet of paper, snbstantially as described.

4. Adevice of thecharacterdescribed'made from a single piece of sheet metal consisting of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise, a cover therel'or connected to the marginal edge of said receptacle by a narrow neck of met-al which is Dent to bring said cover and receptacle into proper relations, and a prong or prongs designed to penetrate a sheet of paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be thereafter bent for securing the parts together, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character described made from a single piece of sheet metal and consisting of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise, a fiat cover therefor con nected to the marginal edge of said receptacle, and a prong or prongs designed t0 penetrate asheet of paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be ther9after bent for securing the parts together, substantially as described.

6. A device of the characterdescribed made from a single piece of sheet metal and consisting of a receptacle designed to rcceive coins or small articles of marchandise, a fiat cover therefor, a prong or prongs projecting from said receptacle designed to penetrate a sheet of paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be thereafter bout for se0uring the cover to the receptacle and the device as a whole to the sheet of paper, substantially as described.

7. A device of the character described consisting of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise, a sul stantially fiat fiange around the marginal edge of said receptacle, a cover, and a prong or prongs designed to penetrate a sheet 0f paper or other material inserted between said receptacle and cover and be thereafter bent for secnring the cover to the receptacle and the device as a whole to the sheet of paper, substantially as described.

8. In combination with a sheet of paper or other malerial, of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of marchandise for mailing or advertising purposes, said receptacle having its marginal edge in contact with said paper or other material, a cover for said receptacle on the opposite side of said paper, and a prong or prongs passing through said paper and binding said receptacle and cover together, snbstantially as described.

9. In combination With a sheet of paper or other material, of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles of merchandise for mailing or advertising pnrposes, said receptacl having its marginal edge in contact with said paper or other material, a fiat cover for said receptacle on the opposite side of said sheet, a prong or prongs passing throngh said sheet and binding said receptacle and cover V together, substantially as described.

10. In combination with a sheet of paper or other material, of a receptacle designed to re ceive coins or small articles of merchandise for mailing or advertising purposes, a cover on the opposite side of said sheet connected to said receptacle at its marginal edge, and a prong or prongs passing through said sheet and binding said receptacle and cover together, substantially as described.

11. In combination with a sheet of paper or other material, of a receptacle designed to receive coins or small articles 0f marchandise for mailing or advertising pnrposes, said receptacle having a snbstantially fiat marginal fiange in contact with said sheet, a cover on the opposite side of said sheet, and a prong or prongs passing through said sheet and bindi1ig said receptacle and cover together, substantially as described.

12. In combination with a sheet of paper or other material, of a receptacle designed to receve coins or small articles of merchandise for mailing or advertising pnrposes, said re ceptacle having a substantially fiat marginal fiange in contact with said sheet, a cover for said receptacle on the opposite side of said sheet connected to said receptacle at its marginal edge, and a prong or prongs at the marginal edge of said receptacle passingthrough said sheet and bent over said cover for securin g the parts together, substantially as d6* scrbed.

In testimony whereof I have herennto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES B. PIKE. Witnesses:

WILLIAM SEARS, J. SANFORD POTTER. 

